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1 1 3t Grow Dim Pro Football Mei ur er DO WASHINGTON 151 Hopes dimmed Thursday for Congressional approval of a bill that would clear the way for tha merger of the National ind American Football Leagues. Lawyers for the combined leagues and tha House Antitrust Subcommittee were unable to agree on language exempting the proposed merger from antitrust action. With Congress hoping to adjourn next week and subcommittee chairman Emanuel Celler declaring he want3 to 'plumb the depths' of the merger plan, there appears little chance the House will get to act on the bill. Only the fact that a substantial majority of Celler1 subcommittee favors the bill keeps alive a faint possibility that it might still squeeze through. If it doesn't, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle says he will urge that the merger be called off.

League lawyer Hamilton Caroth-ers and subcommittee counsel Kenneth R. Harkins, who were asked by Celler Tuesday to try to draft a strictly limited bill, disclosed Thurs day they are in fundamental disagreement Returning for a third session with the subcommittee, Carothers said Harkins' proposal for exempting the combining of the leagues is so narrow as to be meaningless. Harkins countered by saying Carothers wants a "blank check" exemption that would put the league's future operations outside the reach of tha law. In questioning Rozelle and Carothers, Harkins indicated concern that the merger agreement could lead to Increased use of pay television by the member clubs. Rozelle insisted there are no such plans at present and said any future arrangements would have to be approved by the league and would be subject to court challenge.

It was in the matter of future ar rangements stemming from the merger that Celler and Harkins showed themselves to be In complete disagreement with Rozelle and Carothers. Celler said the exemption requested by the league would also exempt such future actions. Rozella and Carothers insisted it would not Celler was prodded by subcommittee members to accept Rozelle's assurances on the point and speed action on tha bill, but he refused to be hurried. "Most members of the subcommittee are not familiar with all the details of this merger agreement" ha said, "so in a sense we're being asked to buy a pig in a poke." The 78-year-old Celler, co-author of the anti-merger bill that the leagues want exemption from, asked Rozelle to come back for further questioning next week. In i 1 i i A'- v' Ill'' i i if Mi A V.

1 Vv i "iH xM- .7 i '7 11. 1 Wind Sends Sahara Golf Scores Into 80s and 90s BY BILL SHIRLEY TlmM Stiff Wrltor LAS VEGAS Members of the Professional Golfers who seldom agree on anything, set a league record for unanimity. They all thought the second round of the Sahara Invitational was played under the worst conditions they had ever experienced. A desert wind that whistled out of Ipi BUSINESS FINANCE CC PART II! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1966 JIM MURRAY Pity the Poor Pug If there's anything sadder In life than sitting down with an old, broken-down ex-prize fighter, I hope I never find out what it is. I sat across the lunch table from one the other day.

You should have seen this fellow in his prime! I mean, a left that shat-tered the air with force and majesty, a right that made strong men wince, footwork so dazzling he could lick the guy dangling from a rope. They still talk about him around Ohio the night he held Cyclone Yelski to a clear-cut draw. The night he held Happy Walsh to a clear-cut knockout i specialty was the knockout. He partici pated in some of the most artistic ones on record. In fact, he starred in them.

As the knockee, not the knocker. They say he still holds the Northern Ohio record for bouncing, the night he got knocked out by Happy Walsh. He looked like a guy getting tossed In a blanket They came from yards around to see him fight. As these things go, his life has all been downhill since those carefree days. I mean, the same old rat race: a little vaudeville, a dabble in pictures, his footprints in Grauman's Chinese.

He began to neglect his pool game. The once great left hand was gone. The magnificent torso, the one that had so frightened Cyclone Yelski that he laughed, began to go. His dealing hand in cards slipped. He began to take handouts like one from Y.

Frank Freeman a million at a time. Friends Tried to Help His friends tried to talk to him to get him back, to the pool hall and the card game and the one-a-day on the Fanchon Marco. He wept But he said "don't feel sorry for the old bomber. Some day I'm going to throw the old equalizer the old right hook right in the world's kisser." His friends went away shaking their heads. Just another guy done in by the bright lights.

He was a sucker for a benefit Policemen, firemen, mailmen, he put on a benefit for the guy who came to read the meter. He was on the staff of more diseases than a bacillus. When the war came along, he was in more front lines than mortar fire, with a personally-pald-for troupe. He was the wdrld's sucker, all right He was so careless with his money, he left it lying around in banks. He was such a mark for real estate hustlers, he bought up property a state at a time.

He had enough to start his own country. like all ex-pugs, he made some terrible investments. Not dry wells, gold bricks, or land under water, or an option on the Brooklyn Bridge, but the Rams and the Cleveland Indians which were the same thing. His ring name was "Packey East," but he had to change it when he went into show business, I guess because there was a "Packey West" Tears filled his eyes as he looked back on chances wasted the other day. He could only toy with his caviar.

He didn't even have a handkerchief to wipe his eyes. Just the sleeve of his $500 jacket "Well, Packey," I asked softly, "where do you think you went wrong?" He dried his eyes. "Well," he said, "it might have been when I first heard Jones and Hare. I know I haven't made much of my life. My ring career just thrown away, thrown away.

Here I sit, and all I have to show for my Pleas Tom to Pa 4, Col. 1 i Bruins in Four-Way Battle for Prestige Against Penn State BY JOHN HALL Timos Stiff Wrltor UCLA's No. 4 Bruins, who hope to someday play a conference football game, have four battles on their hands this weekend. They'll be fighting the attendance meter, the point spread and the national ratings as well as Penn State when they place their reputation on the grass against the nothing-to-lose Nittany Lions Saturday night at the Coliseum. In short, these are trying times, at Westwood.

Tommy Prothro's unbeaten machine, on the surface, is coming along brightly Just as a good Rose Bowl favorite should. Gary Beban continues his march on all the records. The Bruins lead the West in total offense and In scoring. And they've rolled up four In a row. Impressive.

But the customers seem to be yawning. Another 30,000 Crowd This is a club that has a shot at the national championship, a repeat for the AAWU title and another solid run at Pasadena. Yet, only 30,000 are expected to witness performance No. 5 against Penn State, an outfit which has given UCLA all it can handle for three straight years. In a season when attendance Is up for both the rival USC Trojans and the Rams, the Bruins are running a notable third at the gate.

At home so far, they have attracted only 35,692 for their season opener against Pittsburgh and 32,649 for Missouri. "It is disappointment," admitted a UCLA spokesman Thursday. "But there are reasons. It is understand-Please Turn to Ptf 2, CoL 1 Year Plan "I don't believe the Yankees will be a contender next year," said MacPhail as Houk, standing alongside him, winced. "I think five years would seem to be a more reasonable time." Michael Burke, chairman of the board and president of the Yankees, indicated in making the announcement that MacPhail also would be elected to the board of directors of the team.

i SKI AND STARS Nighttime is the right time for skiing these warm autumn months. All you need are lights and something that looks like mow but ac tually is nothing more than six-inch square pieces of plastic bristles. Ski Villa at Carbon Canyon is patronized by neophytes (top) and experts (below). Time photo by Art Rogers Dodgers Follow Maryland With One to Japan the north and smashed across the Paradise Valley Country Club was clocked from 31 to 51 m.p.h. and made a mess out of a $111,111.11 tournament.

The scoreboard looked like the sixth flight of the Griffith Park men's championship. There were as many scores In the 80s as 70s and figures in the 90s were not uncommon. To give you an idea of what kind of day it was, Arnold Palmer shot an EIGHTY! By 3 p.m., however, the wind, which had been blowing steadily all day, had fallen off to a mere howl-only 31 m.p.h. and the same players who had teed off early Wednesday and missed a 35 m.p.h. wind, again had the advantage.

But not much. They had less wind but harder and faster greens. McCallister Leads It was a member of this group, Bob McCallister of Mountain View Country Club in Corona, who took advantage of the situation and moved to a one-shot lead after 36 holes. Bob, who shot a par 71 Wednesday, played the best round of the day, a 3-over-par 74 for a total of 145. Phil Rodgers, who was in the same threesome with McCallister, shot a 75 and pulled into second place at 146.

Tied at 148 were Jack Nicklaus, Jack Rule, George Archer, Gardner Dickinson, Chi Chi Rodriguez and Bobby Nichols. Raymond Floyd, the first-day leader at 68, shot an' 81 and tied Mike Souchak at 149. Mike shot an 80 Thursday. Palmer's 80 gave him 151, the same score posted by de-Please Tarn to Page 2, Col. 5 TODAY IN SPORTS HARNESS RACING Hollywood Park, 1 p.m.

WRESTLING Olympic Auditorium, 8 p.m. ROLLER GAMES Long Beach Arena, 8:30 p.m. MOTORCYCLE RACING Ascot Park, 8:15 p.m. AUTO RACING CRA sprints, San Gabriel Raceway, 8:15 p.m. RADIO-TELEVISION FOOTBALL Pasadena CC vs.

Pierce JC, Channel 13, 8 p.m. Topping son of the former club president who served as acting general manager after Ralph Houk stepped down to the field manager's job early in the year. Although renowned for his building job at Baltimore, where he transformed the Orioles from a second division club to world champions, MacPhail said he does not expect instant success in his new venture. Goodwill Tour FINCH Writer From the time the entourage boards a Japan Air Lines DCS at 11 a.m. today at International Airport until time to say sayonara in Tokyo Nov.

20, the Dodgers will be accorded the red carpet treatment by their hosts. An elaborate schedule of guided tours, receptions and parties has been arranged. Yet the barnstormers will have plenty of free time on their hands to see the sights at a more leisurely pace. Before they reach the Orient they will play night games in Honolulu Sunday and Monday against all-star clubs, with Bo Belinsky and Don Larsen who pitched a perfect game Please Turn to Pago 5, CoL 4 Ex-UCLA Coach Spaulding Dies Built Bruins From Football Depths to National Caliber BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN Tlmt Spoilt Editor William H. (Bill) Spaulding, who lifted UCLA football from obscurity to a place in the national sun, died at Elizabeth Manor Sanitarium in Los Angeles Wednesday night after a prolonged illness.

He was 86. Spaulding arrived at UCLA In 1925, when the Bruins were still playing Southland college teams, and took them to a tie for the old Pacific Coast Conference championship 10 years later. He retired from coaching in 1938 to become athletic director of the now burgeoning "Southern Branch" as UCLA was called in those days, He saw his building program bear fruit under coach Edwin (Babe) Horrell in 1942 when UCLA went to the Rose Bowl. Spaulding spent a decade as athletic director before retiring to go into business. Among the top stars he coached at UCLA were Kenny Washington, Mike Frankovich, Lee Coats, Homer Oliver, Norm Duncan, Len Wellen-dorf, Hal Hirshon, and George Dickerson.

Spaulding came west from Minnesota, where his team gained national Please Torn te Pte 2, Col. 3 Bill BY FRANK Tlmot Staff Having endeared themselves forevermore In the hearts of Mary-landers with their peaceful visit to Baltimore last weekend, the Dodgers depart today for a goodwill tour of Japan. With the blessing of the State Department, the baseball ambassadors will play 18 games in Nippon plus a pair in Honolulu during the five-week junket. It was 10 years ago that the Dodgers toured Japan after losing the 1956 World Series to the Yankees. The trip was a huge success, and the host Yomiuri Newspapers, one of Japan's largest newspaper chains, repeatedly has invited Walter O'Mal-ley to return with his ball club.

New Yank NEW YORK (UPD Against the advice of his father who once held the same job, Lee MacPhail accepted the post of general manager of the New York Yankees Thursday and estimated it would take five years to rebuild the team to its former stature. The 48-year-old MacPhail, who will continue in his post as administrator of baseball and first assistant to Commissioner William D. Eckert Boss MacPhail Starts 5 until Dec. 3, was appointed executive vice-president and general manager of the bedraggled last-place Bombers at an estimated salary of $75,000 per year. His choice came as no surprise since he was rumored to be the No.

1 candidate for the job ever 6ince the Yankees slipped into the American League basement during the last days of the season. He succeeds Dan.